Two Hands-On Activities to Help Kids Practice Problem Solving

CALM AND CONNECTED - EPISODE 102

Throughout your life growing up, have you ever come up against a problem you just couldn’t solve? We learn very valuable skills at school but we don’t learn every single skill needed for everyday life so in this episode, I teach you some hands-on ways to practice problem solving with your child.

The topics I cover in this episode are:

  • The 5 steps to problem solving

  • The benefits of learning and playing simultaneously

  • A newspaper and tape challenge - what is it? 

  • The interesting side to different children groups doing the same exercise

  • My second strategy with play dough and toothpicks

  • Practicing smaller problems help with bigger problems in real life

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